Meet Ghanaweb in Fair Lakes, Virginia

Founder & CEO of GhanaHomePage@Ghanaweb, Francis Akoto, will join 1,000 Ghanaians at the 3- day Ghana Festival in Fair Lakes, Virginia this weekend. Mr. Akoto will arrive at the Washington Dulles International Airport tomorrow, just in time for the Akwaaba Night, scheduled for 6:00 pm - Midnight on Thursday, July 3. Legendary songwriter and musician Kojo Antwi arrived yesterday and will also be at the Akwaaba Night to socialize with delegates coming to the cocktail party.

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The Akwaaba Night (July 3) will be followed by Alumni Reunion picnic (July 4), Warner Theater Concert featuring Kojo Antwi (July 4), business conference (July 5), banquet, fashion show and Ayikoo party (July 5). Delegates will check out of the Hyatt Fair lakes Hotel on Sunday, July 6.

Three government representatives will also be in attendance. They include Mr. Kwasi Abeasi, Chief Executive of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center; Steve Asamoah-Boateng, Deputy Minister of Information; and Kwabena Antwi, PR Manager, Ghana Investment Promotion Center. The historic gathering, scheduled for July 3-6, will feature a cultural and fashion show, a concert with Kojo Antwi, a trade fair and a business conference with panel sessions on technology & business, engineering & agriculture, education, health, and NEPAD/ECOWAS development. The Ghana Business Conference panelists include:

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Isaac Aggrey, Deputy Chief of Mission, Ghana Embassy, Washington, DC

TECHNOLOGY & BUSINESS
Kwasi Abeasi, Chief Executive, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Accra
Yaw Owusu, Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Cyber Group, Inc, New York
John Ackeifi, Adom Foods, Entrepreneur, New York, New York
Ivor Agyeman Duah, Head of Public Affairs & Diplomacy, Ghana Embassy, DC
Dorsah Garibah, Information Technology Consultant, Florida

NEPAD & ECOWAS DEVELOPMENT
Usha Jeetah, Ambassador of Mauricius to the United States, Washington, DC
H. Kwasi Prempeh, Professor of Law, Seton Hall University Law School
George Ayittey, PhD, American Univ; Pres, The Free Africa Foundation, Washington
Kwabena Antwi, PR Manager, Ghana Investment Promotion Center, Accra
Kofi Ellison, PhD, Author & Scholar on African Affairs, Washington, DC

EDUCATION
Steve Asamoah Boateng, Deputy Minister of Information, Accra, Ghana
Patrick Awuah, President, Ashesi University Foundation, Seattle, Washington
Kwaku Kyem, PhD, Central Connecticut State Univ, New Britain, Connecticut
A. Addo Mensah, Author & Motivational Speaker, Seattle, Washington
Isaac Larbi, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C.

HEALTH
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, MD, Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Ctr, Philadelphia
Barbara Entsuah, MD, President, Ghana Med Sch Alumni Assoc, Orlando, Practice
Nana A.Y. Twum-Danso, MD, MPH, Assoc Director, Mectizan Donation Prog, Atlanta, Georgia Michael Nkrumah, Director, GCG Health, Columbus, Ohio

ENGINEERING
David Nyarko, PE-Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., New York, New York
Ebenezer A. Botchway, Sr. Engineer, Potomac Electric Power, Washington, DC

The 2003 Ghana Festival will also be hosted in Ottawa/Toronto, Canada, Berlin, Germany and Pretoria, South Africa. The Ghana Festival in Germany is scheduled for Thursday, July 3, 2003 with a Symposium on Health in Africa in the 21st Century. Venue:??Audi Max at the Free University, Berlin. To post questions and comments about the Ghana Festival in Virginia and receive a response within minutes, please visit Ahenfie: http:// www.ghanacybergroup.com/ahenfie

Planning Committee
Ama Fordjour [afordjour@ghanacybergroup.com] Massachusetts, 508-472- 4165
Dela Kusi-Appouh [info@ghanacybergroup.com] Colorado, 303-596-1154
Bert Jandoh [b.jandoh@verizon.net] Virginia, 703-599-4143
Dr. Charles Yankah [yankah@dhzb.de] Berlin, Germany
Osafo Gyimah [osafog@cidb.org.za] Pretoria, South Africa Benjamin Agbanti [budubanti@hotmail.com], Ottawa, Canada